Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 14, 2026

Grohe AG

4 pending office actions • 4 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 22 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

4
Total Pending OAs
0
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
1
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (1)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due later (1)

Case Difficulty Mix

Difficulty is derived from the rejection statutes on the most recent pending office action. §101-driven and multi-statute cases are graded Hard; §112-only and obviousness-type double-patenting cases are graded Easy; everything else is Medium. "Unknown" means we have not yet parsed a statute for that office action.

3
Hard (75%)
1
Medium (25%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (25%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (75%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

1
Life Sciences
25% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
1
Communications
25% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
50% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

Manual office-action response work runs about 10 hours per case. The time-saved bands below show what IP Author's prosecution pipeline typically delivers — a conservative 20% on the low end, 35% in the middle, 50% on the high end.

40 h
Manual time on pending OAs
8 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
14 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
BARR, MICHAEL E 1 33.0% +16.9%
SMALL, NAOMI J 1 63.6% +23.9%
HO, ANNA THI 1 35.2% +29.9%
LE, MINH Q 1 80.5% +16.4%

Hard Cases (3)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18713004 PLUMBING FIXTURE FOR A SHOWER SYSTEM BARR, MICHAEL E 8d overdue
18037201 A DEVICE FOR MOUNTING SANITARY EQUIPMENT TO A WALL AND A SANITARY INSTALLATION COMPRISING SUCH A DEVICE LE, MINH Q 15d
18562993 DEVICE FOR SELECTING A FLOW PATH OF A LIQUID OF A SANITARY SHOWER SET HO, ANNA THI 62d

Interview Candidates (4)

Cases in front of an examiner whose interview lift is 10 percentage points or more — i.e. interviewed cases historically resolve more favorably than non-interviewed ones. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18713004 PLUMBING FIXTURE FOR A SHOWER SYSTEM BARR, MICHAEL E 8d overdue
18037201 A DEVICE FOR MOUNTING SANITARY EQUIPMENT TO A WALL AND A SANITARY INSTALLATION COMPRISING SUCH A DEVICE LE, MINH Q 15d
18562993 DEVICE FOR SELECTING A FLOW PATH OF A LIQUID OF A SANITARY SHOWER SET HO, ANNA THI 62d
18708036 SENSOR ARRANGEMENT FOR DETECTING A PERSON IN AN AREA OF USE OF A SANITARY FACILITY SMALL, NAOMI J

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1711 1
2685 1
3752 1
3753 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18713004 PLUMBING FIXTURE FOR A SHOWER SYSTEM BARR, MICHAEL E 1711 §103§112 Final Rejection 8d overdue Pending Oct 28, 2024
18708036 SENSOR ARRANGEMENT FOR DETECTING A PERSON IN AN AREA OF USE OF A SANITARY FACILITY SMALL, NAOMI J 2685 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jun 06, 2024
18562993 DEVICE FOR SELECTING A FLOW PATH OF A LIQUID OF A SANITARY SHOWER SET HO, ANNA THI 3752 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 62d Pending Nov 21, 2023
18037201 A DEVICE FOR MOUNTING SANITARY EQUIPMENT TO A WALL AND A SANITARY INSTALLATION COMPRISING SUCH A DEVICE LE, MINH Q 3753 §103§112 Final Rejection 15d Pending Jun 27, 2023

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